The Prospects for President Rousseff's Coalition Government in Brazil

The reelection of Dilma Rousseff as president in October 2014 was accompanied by the election of a record number of 28 parties to the Brazilian National Congress, which was already the most fragmented legislature in the democratic world. A research project at the University of Oxford has explored the consequences of coalitional presidentialism for governmental efficacy and democratic consolidation, which has important implications for President Rousseff’s second term.